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20 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
And there it is: Manchin blew up the BBB because the White House referred to him by name in a statement from the President. talkingpointsmemo.com/prime/inside-t… via @TPM
2/ the funny thing here is that Manchin seems to have felt that naming him 'put a target' on him and made him seem like uniquely the hold up for BBB. and yet, at this point probably half the population of Laos, Mongolia and Namibia know that Manchin's the hold up. So not clear ..
3/ who this was telling anything new to.
4/ It's hilarious how many people think that this makes Manchin somehow sound good or don't understand the difference between Manchin's endless opposition to BBB and this silly tantrum leading him to blow things up. Manchin has broken a lot of people's brains.

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21 Dec
Sort of below the radar. But while New York City public schools remain very much open during the omicron wave, there are a lot of parents and students voting with their feet. Overall attendance on Monday, according to the DOE website, was 80%. But there were a lot of …
2/ schools with attendance down closer to 50%. A number of schools were also taking it upon themselves to give a remote option for kids who either were quarantined or whose parents didn’t feel comfortable sending their kids to school.
3/ I think what also weighs really heavily is that the schools are three days from winter break. So if the tidal wave is hitting now, do you really keep going right up until the winter holiday or do a few days from home? A lot of parents seem to be opting for the latter.
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Antigen tests DO WORK w/ Omicron. There r articles out there saying they may not. That vagueness is HIGHLY misleading. The FDA found tests from 3 manufacturers that may produce false negatives for Omicron. Those are Applied DNA Sciences, Meridian Bioscience and Tide Laboratories.
2/ All the others DO DETECT Omicron. The Abbott/Binax tests many of us are familiar with, for instance, do work against Omicron. Tests produced by companies other than those three do too. So if you have any questions, look at the label and see who the manufacturer is.
3/ Quick antigen tests are really critical right now. Unclear or ambiguous information can confuse or deceive people even if that's not the intention.
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The NYC Dept of Education has put kids through the ringer already. Today they announced that instead of doing their high school applications using their 7th grade grades, which the kids were told they'd use, they'll use 8th grade grades instead, the ones the kids were told ...
2/ wouldn't count. No explanation. No warning. All the time those kids spent trying to stay focused when they had to do all of 7th grade remote? All tossed in the garbage. The casual cruelty and indifference of the brass that runs the NYC public schools really knows no limit.
3/ Little backstory in case yr wondering, why do they have to apply to high school? NYC has a ridiculously complicated, high stakes application process for all kids going to high school. Basically like forcing 13 yr olds to go through the equivalent of a college apps process.
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In an ideal world we'd distribute fast antigen tests for free. But we have in front of us a framework we've already used for vaccines and it works much better than the current one. The USG should act as a guaranteed buyer for all tests two years into the future. Buy as many ...
2/ as become available. Then send them to pharmacy chains at no charge. They can sell them for no more than $1 per box (two tests). That covers any costs tied to shelf space, time processing sales and whatever else. Flood them into CVSs, Rite Aides, Walgreens, etc.
3/ This is pretty close to what we're doing with vaccines. The pharmacies get the vaccines free but they can charged insurance for the costs of storage, giving the injection etc. I think *think* if you're insured, the govt kicks in that cost. But I'm not sure on that point.
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Wait, George Santos responded! As we discussed his commute is abt 150 to 200 miles a week. He now appears to say that most of the mileage is going to campaign events to run for congress. so presumably his campaign is paying for that?
2/ he says he’s gets 13-15 mpg. A commute into Manhattan is a lot of traffic so that’s possible. But still that’s pretty awful gas mileage. Maybe don’t drive a Hummer into NYC. Notable to though it’s not clear where he’s commuting to. As I noted here Santos says he recently …
3/ left the investment firm he worked at in the city and now works for what he describes as his family investment firm. But as noted here that firm has its offices in Melbourne, Florida. I guess it’s possible he’s weworking it in Manhattan. But why?
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3/ Here's Trevian's bio at the "Women's Global Initiative". Her firm "Trevian Worldwide" doesn't appear to have a website. She appears to still be Kanye's "Director of Operations". womensglobalinitiative.com/team/trevian-k…
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